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Robert of Chester
Robert of Chester
(
Latin
:
Robertus Castrensis
) was an English
Arabist
of the 12th century. He translated several historically important books from
Arabic
to
Latin
, by authors such as
Abu Musa Jabir Ibn Hayyan
and
Al-Khwarizmi
including:
Liber algebrae et almucabola
, Al-Khwarizmi's book about
algebra
translated in 1145
Liber de compositione alchimiae
, a book about
alchemy
translated in 1144
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